In a talk in the Science for All series at the Louvre, cognitive researcher Alice Auersberg focuses on cockatoos and the evolution of their tool use and explains what we can know about the evolution of tool use.
The Goffin’s Cockatoo has no straight arms and beak. They do not have the characteristics of animals that use tools. However, researchers have found some examples of more complex animal technology in these birds: Not only can the Goffin’s cockatoo use certain tools, it can also make its own from a variety of materials. The use of tools does not appear to be “innate”, but arises from innovative behavior.
Alice Auersberg, comparative cognitive researcher at the University of Veterinary Medicine and the Messerli Research Institute, will address the topic in a lecture at the Louvre. About Animal Intelligence: Ingenious Cockatoo Tools and Gadgets He demonstrates the astonishing intelligence of the Goven’s Cockatoo using research examples from Austria and its natural habitat—Indonesia’s Tanimbar Islands—and explains the contribution these findings can make to understanding the emergence of tool use more generally.
This lecture is included in the “Science for All” series and is part of the “Academies of Science in Federal Countries” initiative.
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